Chapter 494: Meet Old Classmates

Since Shelly left, everyone was a little listless when they gathered for breakfast in the hotel lobby or returned at night these two days.

I don’t know if it’s an illusion. Although Shelly is not a member of their team, they have become accustomed to the existence of this smiling little internet celebrity over the past few days.

Chen Shu remembered that on the day Shelly left, she was still standing at the door of the lobby with a bag full of coffee ordered by everyone, saying goodbye to everyone one by one.

The girl wearing a white dress and no makeup, standing next to Lin Dakai and talking in a low voice, looked like a student who was discussing knowledge with the teacher like the police cadet Jiang Hai from a distance.

The problem is still the difference in the circle.

The birth of most people will really limit their future growth. It not only determines a person’s starting point, but also, with a high probability, determines a person’s end point.

Chen Shu, who was sitting in the hotel lobby, was idle. He took out his mobile phone and browsed the circle of friends. With a "beep", he received a WeChat message from the local criminal police Zhao.

A PDF was sent over, and Zhao sent a long voice message.

Proud of the speed of 5G, Chen Shu opened the document in seconds. He flipped through the first few pages and saw that they were two cases that he had previously investigated with Lao Zhao and others in the Municipal Bureau's Identification Room, the motorcycle driver's murder case and the kidnapping case.

Exit PDF, Chen Shu clicked on Captain Zhao's voice bar.

"Officer Chen, this is Lao Zhao. You helped me last time."

Just after listening for a while, Wang Hao, who rushed in, shouted loudly: "Sorry, there is a traffic jam on the road! Let's go! It will take most of the day to walk on the road. We have to leave now! Otherwise, it will be night when we get to the prison!"

Chen Shu subconsciously locked the screen of his mobile phone, picked up his travel bag and walked out quickly with Lin Dakai and others.

Captain Zhao's voice stopped abruptly.

It was still Wang Hao's mainland tour. The destination of this investigation was a prison in the Gobi Desert far away from the city, which was also the last stop of this NX trip.

The group drove on the road for about a whole day.

Most of the road conditions are good, but some sections of the road are too hard for the gravel on the ground, so the car can't run into pits when running, but it has become a wave-like small step road surface, layer by layer, like a washboard for washing clothes, not very strong and jumping, but just continuous, rhythmic, and vibrating.

This kind of vibration experience is okay for a few minutes, like the feeling of having a full body massage on an electric chair, which seems very comfortable, but it is different after running for several hours. In addition to being dizzy, the bones of the whole body seem to be broken apart.

In addition to the occasional bad road conditions, there are also impressive natural scenery. Among them, there is a red desert that amazes everyone who goes deep into it. The scorching sun sprinkles on the red sand, presenting a sunset-like color, unique and beautiful.

Because of the strong wind and dust here, you can also see the dust devil similar to the tornado along the way, but it looks several sizes smaller in appearance.

In addition to the scenery, Chen Shu and others also met Shao Min, a local herder of sheep.

When these Shao Min saw strangers slowing down and rolling down the windows, they would wave and greet them enthusiastically. Jiang Hai followed Wang Hao's example and spoke a few words of Wei language that he had just learned.

Zhu Li brought a lot of fruits with her, including Hami melons, walnuts, raisins, etc., and it was a special experience to share them while enjoying the beautiful scenery outside the window in the car.

Wang Hao and Chen Shu took turns driving the car, and the journey was relatively smooth. Finally, they arrived at the prison before nightfall.

Outside the prison area is the vast Gobi and desert, but inside, flowers are blooming, and the cells are also new and bright.

When the car stopped outside the prison gate waiting for reporting, Chen Shu and others got out of the car one after another to relax their muscles and bones because they were uncomfortable sitting in the car for a long time, and also took a look at the appearance of the prison.

Compared with coastal prisons such as Donghai, the characteristics of this prison are that the outer wall is high and large, the wall surface is also very thick, and the wall is covered with dense barbed wire.

There are four guard towers on the corners of the walls around the perimeter of the wall. Each guard tower has a very powerful searchlight. At this time, the sky has just turned on, and the searchlight on top has been turned on at full power, slowly sweeping down.

The environment nearby is extremely quiet. Except for the occasional whistles from the prison and the sound of the wind blowing from the Gobi Desert, there is no movement.

"Zizizizi."

The electric iron gate slowly opened, and Wang Hao called everyone to get on the car and drive into the prison yard. After entering the prison, according to the instructions of the guard, Wang Hao drove the car through another iron gate and stopped in front of a blue and white standby building.

A policeman with two poles and one on his shoulder stood on the steps in front of the building and waved enthusiastically.

The first floor of the standby building is the canteen for prison police and staff.

The canteen is large and clean. According to the method that Lin Dakai specifically asked Wang Hao to contact the prison, although the group entered a small private room, it was only for respect and courtesy. The food they ate was the same as the police in the prison.

According to the police who received us, the canteens here are contracted to third-party companies through open bidding. Whether the food tastes good is secondary. The main thing is to ensure cleanliness and hygiene. Since the prison is located in the Gobi Desert, the raw materials have to be transported from the city by trucks every day, so it is impossible to have the best and freshest food.

After finishing the meal, the group walked into the first prison area with the reception police. They happened to see a large queue of more than 100 prisoners, passing behind a four or five-meter-high iron fence with the sound of "clatter, clatter" of shackles.

They were all wearing blue prison uniforms, and some of them were wearing iron shackles. There were many Chinese people inside, but more were Wei people with deep eyes and high noses.

Chen Shu and others all stopped at the same time and looked at the prison team. After they had completely passed, they followed the reception prison police into the office building, and then went around to the innermost conference room.

Another exchange of experience.

Chen Shu was a little tired after staying in the conference rooms of various agencies or business units for a long time, but he had to be polite and patient.

Privately, Chen Shu put himself in their shoes and thought that the group of police sitting opposite him might be complaining about the sudden overtime work in their hearts, even though they were smiling.

During the exchange, Chen Shu learned that this prison is actually equivalent to a local public security bureau. There are guards, special police, inspectors, prison detectives, agencies, etc., and basically all the branch bureaus have. It also has what the branch bureau does not have, such as the prison procuratorate, discipline inspection, police and hospitals.

The rank of the warden is also one level higher than the director of the Zhengming District Public Security Bureau where Chen Shu is located, and is a positive C level.

"By the way, the Xinjiang police who came to our seventh prison area to help are from your Donghai Province. It seems that they are from... "A female police officer with half a hair and wheat ears on her shoulders, who looks like a prison leader, pulled Lin Da to chat after the meeting.

"Dongzhou City, Zhang Wei from the traffic police team." A policeman standing next to him reminded.

"Yes, yes, Zhang Wei." The female leader reacted and smiled awkwardly, "Every year, a group of people come to help, but every time I remember their names, they are gone. Shame on you."

Zhang Wei? It can't be him. Chen Shu, who was standing behind Lin Da, was a little surprised. It's not a coincidence that he met his old classmates across such a distant place.

Lin Dakai held the female leader's hand with both hands and tightened it: "We are only here for a while, but you have spent your whole life in this Gobi Desert. It's hard, it's really too hard."

"No, no, now the road is open, if there is something wrong at home, it is also convenient to go back."

Alas, he can only go back when there is something wrong at home. Chen Shu smiled on his face, but he sighed in his heart.

Such work treatment is nothing more than the low admission score of the local provincial police academy. On the other hand, the admission scores of police academies in coastal provinces in China are higher and higher.

For example, the Donghai Police Academy where Chen Shu studied in his early years was still a junior college at that time, but the scores of the admitted students were close to the first-class, and even the scores of female students exceeded the first-class line by tens of points.

After the meeting, the police officer in charge of reception in the prison area took Lin Dakai, Chen Shu and his party to a special guesthouse. The room is not big, but there is hot water, air conditioning, wifi, and each person can be guaranteed a room. In this deserted place, it is also an excellent condition.

It is said that the drinking water problem was just solved last year.

It was already late when he returned to the room. Chen Shu took a shower and lay on the bed. He casually sent a WeChat message to Zhang Wei to ask questions, but he didn't expect the other party to directly pop up a video.

After answering the video, Zhang Wei on the screen was wearing a police uniform, with a smile on his face, but he couldn't hide the fatigue hidden in the corners of his eyes.

"Chen Shu, you are here?"